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  1. birddog
    all the best, she looks a wee belter
  2. birddog
    i think teaching jumping is essential but just as important is giving the dog enough experience so that it knows when to and when not to
  3. birddog
    ta muchly
  4. birddog
    i have a dummy covered with a salted dried scraped n salted skin thats near 5 yr old and seen hundreds of retrieves with 2 pups
  5. birddog
    think the guy was just wanting to see pics! i'm in the must jump camp
  6. birddog
    agree with all of the advice but would add to stay clear of the fence or type of fence that he hurt himself on
  7. birddog
    I too have had both, there are loads of factors to consider. would a pedigree whippet handle 40 runs a night 4 or 5 nights a week over rough ground or moorland? would a stamina packed lurcher snap up golf course bunnies? would a whippets coat handle wire, brambles and gorse? as a fan of both i'm trying to give a balanced view but as i write i'm thinking of far more questions about a whippets ability. maybe there isn't an answer, maybe a traditional collie/greyhound crossed with a whippet (imo non peds are much better) would be the answer, it's maybe just a question of what suits you or the gro
  8. birddog
    sounds like fun, maybe even get some hand signals and directional training done, keep us posted please, there are some guys who appreciate this kinda training
  9. birddog
    i'd be careful using pigeons with a pup so young, they can put off spaniels and labs with all the loose feathers. just a thought good luck, sounds like the pup is coming on well
  10. birddog
    hot water and heating the boilers fine the bank account is £339 lighter though i shoulda left school at 12 and became a plumber they've been guessing for ages finally get it right and charge a fortune
  11. birddog
    cheers geoff, paddy wants to have babies with her dont know whether bob has told you but he (paddy not bob) did mate a cracking rough coated wheaten cross a couple of weeks ago pups should be belters
  12. birddog
    canon eos
  13. birddog
    dads a deerhound lurcher to lurcher 29 high. this is dad stan and her sister who's now 28 belle was the smallest in the litter, their mum was a 26 in greyhound
  14. birddog
    for all interested belle has just turned a year old now 26 1/2 in racier than i'd hoped but she'll maybe fill out yet. been catching on the lamp for a month or so and had a few daytime. retrieve's not great but getting there slowly. she's picked up a few wee scars just charges through brambles etc if theres anything there. seems very puppyish still but that'll be the deerhound. jumps for fun. and perhaps too fast for her own good, did well at puppy shows, 5 judges..3 1st's a second and a third. from this to this sorry about the last pic thanks for looking
  15. birddog
    some great pics and smashing sentiments. maybe make those that enter babes at x weeks and sell them as no use at 6 mnth think a wee bit. hunting dogs get better with age and experience
  16. birddog
    never met whin, at least i dont think so,disagreed with him on lots of his thoughts and opinions but he has it would seem been there, seen it and done it. hated his speelling and grammar but i'd rather have a wee argument with a guy who's opinion is based on genuine experience rather than someone whos read a couple of books, kept a running dog for 10 minutes and knows it all
  17. birddog
    Only going on wat i have seen the best collie crosses i have seen were bred this way. a good 3/8 collie 5/8 greyhound could give you the speed and hunting instinct of the 3/4 and the brain of the 1st cross also some of the line bred collie crosses are a bit special
  18. birddog
    like most things there are good and bad specimens of both, a lot will depend on how they've been brought up. i've seen good 1st crosses take hares single handed (pre ban of course) have you thought about the inbetween option? a 3/8 5/8 either way
  19. birddog
    get yourself a copy of running dog maintenance full of usefull info on this
  20. birddog
    cracking looking pup mate, i currently have an 11mnth old pup and her breeder and i have just started giving them a run or two in the last few weeks, mines got 2 out of 3 runs last nite, and 1 out of 2 both the previous nites, her sister is doing similar. take your time she's still a pup your gonna have her for a long time, at this stage its all about learning and new experiences for them and trying to install confidence make them think they're unbeatable, they can be pains at times (my little so n so wont retrieve what she catches) but patience and perseverance will win the day good luck wit
  21. birddog
    if he speaks as he spells?
  22. birddog
    good story, great attitude, we don't all need worldbeaters to enjoy our mutts and the sport they give us
  23. birddog
    back to original topic guys, pup doing my head in, retrieving dummies, balls, bunnies, birds allsorts since 10 weeks old now 11 month old doing well catching on the lamp on dunes, golf courses, pasture, stubble etc really getting there. she just won't bring them back, go out in the morning and she retrieves ace! sit, stay, fetch, over, straight back from any cover reinforcement training brill back out at night follows the beam, turns tight, strikes well , returns to hand when the lamps off but no effin retrieve so more reinforcement training / retrieving practise next morning and she's
  24. birddog
    exactly as skycat says your meat is my poision idea, my bitch from unworked parents has broken through barbed wire off the lamp and carried on for 4 more catches before i saw the blood, too much balls for me, working the moon for me often means working my rapidly aging butt off digging bait for as you know the biggest tides coincide with the moon and preban we used that as foxes are aware of this and fed readily on the mussel beds, and the net in my opinion shouldn't be forbidden as the proper worker recognises when a bunny is well tangled and cant escape, as for inexperience i suppose your ri
  25. birddog
    spot on as always. my collie cross would be so out of place chasing hares on a fen, but the amount of proper workers ive seen knock over longnets or run on when the lamp goes off is unreal and the more i see the more i enjoy my own company
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